How to make a Chatelaine a Real Blessing to Mothers

Created by Emma Stratman on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 19:57

A mother walks in the park with her children clipped to her chatelaine.
A mother walks in the park with her children clipped to her chatelaine.
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Leech’s engraving exaggerates the function of the chatelaine, but not its importance. The 1886 engraving depicts a mother with a chatelaine attached to her dress. Instead of keys, her children are attached to the chains, symbolizing the domestic significance of the chatelaine to the Victorian wife and mother. 

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The Nineteenth-Century British Novel, EN 316R, Fall 2021

Artist: 

  • John Leech

Image Date: 

19th century